English Shorthorn Sales.
A summary of the English Shortborn auction sales of 1896, given in "Thornton's Circular," shows that 1703 animals realised £49,093 5s 6d, or an average of £26 16s 6d each. The drought of the spring and early summer depressed prices, and caused the postponement of sales* to a great extent, and it was not until the sale of the Priqce of Wales' cattle took place, on July Brd, that a revival of business was apparent. At that sale the highest average of the year, £70, was realised. The Prince's famous bull, Celt, was not included, that animal having been sold at the Royal Show for a thousand guineas. The extraordinary demand for young bulls, to go to South America, was the great feature of the year's Shorthorn business, about 700 having been shipped to Argentina alone. The United States, Canada, and Australia were stagnant markets, while only a few cattle were sent to the Continent of Europe and to South Africa. Taking the Uoine and foreign trades into consideration, the year closed under more hopeful circumstances than has prevailed for some time before.— Christchurch Press.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 1, 1 July 1897, Page 2
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